Mercury Rev

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Mercury Rev are an American band from Buffalo, New York. The band's leader, David Baker, formed the band in the 1980s with his friends, including one-time Flaming Lips member Jonathan Donahue and Producer Dave Fridmann who was their bass player, but quit touring with the band circa 1992 to pursue a career as an independent engineer producer. Dave is still a band member in the studio as well as being their producer.

With their debut, Yerself Is Steam, the band gained an underground following, particularly in the UK. 1993's Boces was critically acclaimed for its alternative sound, but was the last to feature Baker, who departed shortly afterwards. The band's next album, See You on the Other Side, begins a shift away from the Baker-inspired extremes of sonic experimentalism towards the elaborately-orchestrated classic rock blueprint of their later work.

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